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Summer School 2001
Letní škola 2001
Czech Republic / 110 min / Czech, Vietnamese
Fiction / Debut
Summer School 2001
Letní škola 2001
Czech Republic / 110 min / Czech, Vietnamese
Fiction / Debut
A boy ends up in hospital. His mother listens to what happened from the father, the injured son and his older brother, who has just returned to the family after 10 years of living in Vietnam.
Kien (17) arrives after 10 years from Vietnam to join his family at a market on the Czech-German border. Father Zung and the rest of the family try to connect with Kien, but they are faced with deep-seated trauma from the past. Meanwhile, Zung takes on an ethically problematic job from his brother-in-law Phong, the market owner. To financially support his family, he must betray his friends. During a market celebration, Zung's youngest son Tai is injured under unclear circumstances. Mother Lan investigates what happened and in the process, unexpected aspects of Kien's presence in the community surface, where the Vietnamese boy is paradoxically the biggest stranger. The story is told through the eyes of father Zung, younger son Tai and elder son Kien.
Costumes / Veronika Varcholová Dop / Adam Mach Editor / Jakub Podmanický , Jakub Jelínek Make up / Veronika Varcholová , Denisa Bontempo Music / Jonatan Pastirčák Set designer / Marek Špitálský Sound / Petr Kolev Story / Dužan Duong Writer / Lukáš Kokeš , Jan Smutný , Dužan Duong
Completion date / November 2024
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